Good evening, folks. Laura is now a tropical storm as it moves across Arkansas en route to the bluegrass state. This will arrive as a tropical depression on Friday as it rolls from west to east across the state. This brings the potential for heavy rain, high winds and strong to severe storms.
Here’s the specifics on Laura and the forecast path from the National Hurricane Center…
Again, this matches the thoughts I put out Sunday and early Monday…
The Storm Prediction Center now has the entire state in the Marginal Risk to Slight Risk for severe storms Friday into Friday evening…
Damaging winds will be possible with the storms that go up and there’s the possibility of a few tornadoes spinning up. The greatest threat is across central and western Kentucky…
We are lucky this system is zipping through here fairly quickly or else we would be dealing with a big risk for flooding. As of now, some local flash flooding is still possible and The Weather Prediction Center is highlighting this potential…
A cold front sweeps in behind this Saturday evening, but it slows down and becomes stationary. A few thunderstorms may now enter the picture as early as Sunday, going against what I’ve been saying for the past couple of days. This will set up a pretty stormy look into much of next week.
I will have another update this evening and be on WKYT-TV tonight at 11pm. I leave you with your storm tracking radars…
Make it a great rest of your day and take care.
